When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.
JOHN ORTBERGToo often we argue about Christianity instead of marveling at Jesus.
More John Ortberg Quotes
-
-
Our beliefs are not just estimates of probabilities. They are also the instruments that guide our actions.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.
JOHN ORTBERG -
In reality, each thought we have carries with it a little spiritual power, a tug toward or away from God. No thought is purely neutral.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Grace is the offer of God’s ceaseless presence and irrational love that cannot be stopped.
JOHN ORTBERG -
At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus death and resurrection.
JOHN ORTBERG -
Skepticism can keep us from blessing, can keep us trapped in two minds.
JOHN ORTBERG -
You must arrange your days so that you are experiencing deep contentment, joy and confidence in your everyday life with God.
JOHN ORTBERG -
God is so immense that if he were ‘too visible,’ people would give forced compliance without expressing their heart. So God made it possible, in enormous love, for us to live as if he were not there.
JOHN ORTBERG -
One reason why we fail to hear God speak is that we are not attentive. We suffer from what might be called ‘spiritual mindlessness.’
JOHN ORTBERG -
God sees with utter clarity who we are. He is undeceived as to our warts and wickedness. But when God looks at us that is not all He sees. He also sees who we are intended to be, who we will one day become.
JOHN ORTBERG -
The miracle of Sunday is that a dead man lives. The miracle of Saturday is that the eternal Son of God lies dead.
JOHN ORTBERG -
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
JOHN ORTBERG -
We may be unlovely yet we are not unloved.
JOHN ORTBERG -
I’m more concerned about who you’re becoming than what you’re doing.
JOHN ORTBERG -
We tend to be preoccupied by our problems when we have a heightened sense of vulnerability and a diminished sense of power. Today, see each problem as an invitation to prayer.
JOHN ORTBERG






